Welcome again with new article. In this article we will gonna share about that how to start a blog in 2024. Its a great thing that you comes to in this field and want to start your own blog their are multiple reasons which can enforce you to start a blog.
But in this article i will gonna discuss only some important points that you need for starting a blog in 2024. So don’t wasting your time let’s come to the main topic and start discussing about on the topic that is how to start a blog in 2024.
What you should need for starting a blog in 2024?
So before you start a blog in 2024 you should know that what you should need while you creating a blog. Some of the important things that you need while creating a blog are bellows.
(1.) Select Niche
That is the subject of your blog. It means those topic which you want to share in your blog. You should choose a niche means topic on which you want to make that blog. You can choose that topic as your niche in which you have proper knowledge.
Niche should be that one in which you have a proper knowledge and that topic you can teach other person. It can be like blogging, traveling, festivals etc. Means in which you have proper knowledge.
(2.) Domain Name
Domain name is a most important thing that should need at first while you thinking about to start a blog. So before you buy domain name for your blog you should need to know that what is domain name.
So here i want to tell you that domain name is identity of your blog. Blog identity means name of your blog and address of your blog which help peoples to rich your blog. Like VipanTech.com is a domain name or identity of our blog and if anyone want to rich our blog they should add VipanTech.com in their browser address bar.
When it comes to domain name than you should know that from where you can buy domain name? So nowadays there are multiple companies available in the market which sell domain name you can buy from them a domain name for your website. Like GoDaddy, HostGator, Namecheap and so on.
(3.) Web Hosting
The second thing that you should need while you creating a blog is webhosting. Webhosting is very important thing that must need every blog or website. Even no website can run without webhosting.
Webhosting is a server which helps to make your website online. Online means like you add your images or other media files to your website are visible for peoples who visit your website. Peoples can only rich to your website if your website is online.
That become possible only if you buy a webhosting for your domain. There are multiple companies available in the market which provide or sell webhosting. Some of them are like HostGator, GoDaddy, Namecheap etc.
How to start a blog in 2024?
After getting above items now you can able to create a free blog using any of website building platform. Here website platform means that software which you can use for creating your blog. If you have not coding knowledge than you can use third party website builder platforms for creating your website.
Maximum webhosting companies provide cPanel for managing your website files like images, videos, audios and other files. Here i am giving you a example for creating a blog in 2024 by using HostGator Webhosting and cPanel.
So after discussing it that create a blog using HostGator webhosting and cPanel now we comes to a point where we should select a website building platform. There are multiple website builder platforms available in the market like WordPress, Wix, Weebly.
Here i gonna suggest you and recommend you WordPress as a website builder platform because it provide much features for its every user like easy to use, flexibility etc. In this article i will gonna tell you the procedure of how to create a blog using WordPress.
How to start a blog using WordPress?
After discussing Above items now we will discuss here main procedure of creating a blog using WordPress. As i told you above that we using HostGator webhosting and cPanel for creating a blog on WordPress.
So for this firstly we need to buy domain name and after we should buy webhosting from HostGator and after that we should logged into HostGator cPanel with you login credential and after that follow bellow procedure.
Step:-1 After following above points now you will see a screen like bellow. Here in this screen you should click on softaculous apps installer.
Step:-2 After clicking on softaculous apps installer you will see a screen like bellow. In this screen you should click on WordPress look screen like bellow.
Step:-3 When you click on WordPress you will rich to the main point or dashboard from where you can create or install your WordPress website. In this screen you should click on install now and after that it will ask information from you.
Step:-4 After following 3rd step you will ask to information related your blog. Like your blog address URL, Admin Name or Admin Password Which is categorized into 7 sub option which is discussed bellow in details.
(1.) Software Setup
In this step you should do following things which you can see on the screenshot:-
- Choose the version you want to install:- Here you should choose the latest version of WordPress on which you want to create or install your WordPress blog,
- Choose Installation URL:- Here you should choose the domain path where you want to install your WordPress blog it can be your domain name like example.com or your subdomain like blog.example.com.
(2.) Site Settings
In site setting you should add your blog name and your blog description see like bellow.
- Site Description:- Also site description is very important from search engine point of view look bellow screen for example.
- Enable Multisite (WPMU):- If you want to enable multiple site in your this domain name and want to control them from one dashboard than you should check this checkbox as well as.
(3.) Admin Account
In this section you should add your user name and user password that you want to use while you want to login in your WordPress blog dashboard see like bellow screen.
- Admin Password:- In this field you should use password for your WordPress blog. Also keep it try to make this password aslo strong. Use special characters in your password like. !@#*$%^
- Admin Email:- Add your professional mail account in this field by which peoples can contact you.
(4.) Choose Language
Select language in this section. In this section you should use that language which you want to use in your WordPress blog because WordPress is available multiple languages from which you can select your choice Language. Here for example purpose I gonna select English language for my WordPress blog.
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(5.) Select Plugin(s)
In this section you can allow following plugins for your WordPress website security. If want to make your WordPress more secure than you can allow these followings plugins in your WordPress blog.
- Classic Editor:- This is also a good plugin. This plugin will helps you to use a default post creation structure that was used in recent trend of WordPress. Means while WordPress become a website builder platform than that time this post creation structure is used.
- wpCentral – Manage Multiple WordPress:- If you want to enable multiple site in your this domain name and want to control them from one dashboard than you should check this checkbox as well as.
If you checked all the above checkbox than all above plugins will installed automatically to your dashboard.
(6.) Advanced Options
In this section follow following things.
- Table Prefix:- Also don’t change this field remain it as it is.
- Disable Update Notifications Emails:- Check this checkbox only if you want to disable the update notification. Means after disabling it you never get remains WordPress update notifications to your email address.
- Auto Upgrade:- Don’t change it rest it as it is.
- Auto Upgrade WordPress Plugins:- If you want that your WordPress blog plugins update automatically than you can allow this checkbox.
- Auto Upgrade WordPress Themes:- If you want that your WordPress blog Themse update automatically than you can allow this checkbox.
(7.) Select Theme
Select the theme in this section that you want to use as a default theme for your WordPress blog. Because WordPress is a theme based and plugin based website builder platform so you should choose a theme or some basic plugins for your blog.
If you don’t want to do this or you never want to select theme for your blog than you can escape this step and rest remain it same.
Step:-5 After following and completing all above steps now you should click on Install Button. After clicking install button your WordPress blog will begin installing and after 1 to 4 minutes it will installed successfully. You can see a bellow successful message.
Here in bellow you can see to URL one from them is your blog link and another is for your website dashboard link from where you can add new post and create new page etc.
So this is all about how to create a blog in 2024 step by step guide. Now after reading this article i think you will properly knows about that how to a start blog in 2024 and what you should need for creating a blog in 2024. If you find some usable information in this article than you can share this article on social media like Facebook.